John Snider
Birth Date
On 1799 February 11 (Born)
Death Date
On 1875 December 19 (Died)
Gender
Male
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Born in Pleasant Vale, Elgin, Albert, New Brunswick, Canada
1799 February 11
Mother
Sarah Armstrong
Father
Martin Snider Sr.
Married
Mary Heron
1822 February 28 (Age 23)
Baptized
1836 (Age 36)
Served in
Canadian Mission
1837 (Age 37)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Served in
British Mission
1837 July 1 – October (Age 38)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Residence When Called
Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States
Date Details
On 1837 July 1
Departed from Home
On 1837 October
Departed from Field
Church Leadership in Nauvoo
1841 January 19 (Age 41)
D&C 124
in Nauvoo, Illinois
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Revelations in Context
Served in
British Mission
1842 March 26 – 1843 January 23 (Age 43)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Priesthood Office
Elder
Residence When Called
Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
Date Details
On 1842 March 26
Departed from Home
On 1843 January 23
Arrived at Home
Traveled in
Almon W. Babbitt Company (1851)
1851 May 15 – July 17 (Age 52)
Pioneers in Company
Traveling Group
Julia Ann Hillock (Age 9)
Mary Heron (Age 46)
John Snider, Jr. (Age 23)
Date Details
On 1851 May 15
Joined Company
On 1851 July 17
Company Arrived
Married
Sylvia Ameretta Mecham
1855 November 3 (Age 56)
Served in
Las Vegas Mission
1856 February 24 – 1857 March 23 (Age 57)
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Mission Type
Proselytizing
Marital Status
Married
Missionary Activity Notes
Priesthood Office
High Priest
Date Details
On 1856 February 24
Called
On 1856 June 15
Arrived in Field
On 1857 March 23
Departed from Field
Died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
1875 December 19 (Age 76)
Media
John Snider Sr. (1800 - 1875)
John Snider (1800 - 1875) Profile
Sources
Person
1850 Illinois census, Hancock County
1850 Illinois census, Hancock County.
1856 Utah census, Great Salt Lake County
1856 Utah census, Great Salt Lake County.
DESERET Evening News
"Obituary", DESERET Evening News, (5 January 1876).
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1848-1992
Salt Lake City, Utah Cemetery Records, 1848-1992.
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database
Utah State History Cemeteries and Burials Database.
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949
Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
Mission
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008
Historical Department journal history of the Church, 1830-2008, 24 February 1856, Page 3.
KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971
"Part 2, 1844-1846", KEEP BRITISH Mission manuscript history and historical reports, 1841-1971, 13.
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Wesley R. Law, July 1959
Mormon Indian Missions - 1855. Wesley R. Law, July 1959. Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1959. Page 40.
Nauvoo Seventies List
Nauvoo Seventies List, Vol. 3.
The Joseph Smith Papers
"John Snider (Snyder) biography", The Joseph Smith Papers.
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005
Woods, Fred E., A gamble in the desert: the Mormon mission in Las Vegas (1855-1857), Salt Lake City, Utah: Mormon Historic Sites Foundation, c2005. 2005.
Pioneer
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913
Esshom, Frank. Pioneers and prominent men of Utah: comprising photographs, genealogies, biographies. Salt Lake City: Utah Pioneers Book Pub. Co, 1913, Page 1173.
